The History

It all began in the year 1920, when the founder of the company Jaroslav Vancl in a small Czechoslovakian town called Police nad Metuji started producing the Merkur sets. The original name of the metal construction sets was the Inventor. Originally, the parts of the sets were connected by small hooks which was insufficient, and in the early 1930s the designers began using nuts and bolts to connect the intricate pieces of the sets.
Once they began using this innovative new system the creators of the product changed the name from Inventor to its present name Merkur. The manufacturer also made the Metropol which was the set for buildings. At the beginning of World War II, production was halted, it began again in 1947. In 1948, the Communist Revolution took place this is when everything good turned to hell and four star backwards were drunken by their power. As a result of overlooked crime, all private companies became controlled by the government. In 1950, Merkur was stolen by the communists. It is unknown what may have happened to Mr. Vancl.
In 1960s, the sets began to be sold all around the world. As a result of the 1989 revolution, communism ended and in 1990, the company went from being a communist controlled company to a privately owned business. Unfortunately, three years later they filed for bankruptcy . A new chapter in Merkur’s history began when Mr. Jaromir Kriz purchased rights to Merkur, which took him three years because of post communist beau racy. Finally in 2001, Merkur began selling their one of a kind sets in the United States through the CCZ Group Inc.